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The crayfish was released this week into the chilly creek inside Smallin Cave. — USA TODAY, "Pride pickup, sphinx on move, Tony Stark’s cabin: News from around our 50 states," 13 June 2019 Smallmouth anglers are casting tube jigs, drop shot rigs and live bait rigs with crayfish or shiner minnows around structure in 24 to 28 feet of water. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie walleye fishing still a party, despite weather: May 21 Fishing Report," 21 June 2019 The wounded crayfish managed to survive and appears well on its way to eventually shedding its exoskeleton and becoming whole again. — USA TODAY, "Pride pickup, sphinx on move, Tony Stark’s cabin: News from around our 50 states," 13 June 2019 That combination makes waters toxic to crayfish, clams, fish, and other aquatic animals. — National Geographic, "Acid rain, explained," 12 June 2019 In February, a new type of crayfish was discovered, born from parthenogenesis. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "VIRGIN BIRTH! Stingray gives birth to 'Darth Vader' after cloning herself in scientific phenomenon," 30 Aug. 2018 Peter Gordon’s glossy restaurant atop Auckland’s Sky Tower, The Sugar Club, offers several options: spanner crab, crayfish linguine, monkfish, and Mount Cook Salmon (something that is carried through to his menus designed for Air New Zealand). — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, "The 7 Dishes You Have to Eat in New Zealand," 25 July 2018 Sweetbreads with creamy white insides were fried to a pale, crinkled gold, then served with a brown, French, lovely and anachronistic sauce made from veal jus and crayfish. — New York Times, "It’s Not Fake French, It’s Frenchette," 10 July 2018 Since the 1960s, the species has been decimated by fires, mudslides, pesticides, fungal infections, loss of habitat and the appetites of nonnative trout, bullfrogs and crayfish. — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, "Born in a zoo, released into the San Gabriels, a rare Los Angeles frog bounces back," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crayfish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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